New Delhi, March 15 -- USA-based General Electric Company filed patent application for multi-level railway operations optimization system and method. The inventors are Kumar Ajith K., Houpy Paul K., Mathe Stephen S., Julich Paul M., Kisak Jeffrey, Shaffer Glenn and Nelson Scott D.
General Electric Company filed the patent application on May 31, 2006. The patent application number is 3115/DELNP/2006 A. The international classification number is B61L 27/00. According to the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks, "A multi-level system for management of a railway system and its operational components in which the railway system has a first level configured to optimize an operation within the first level that includes first level operational parameters which define operational characteristics and data of the first level, and a second level configured to optimize an operation within the second level that includes second level operational parameters which define the operational characteristic and data of the second level. The first level provides the second level with the first level operational parameters, and the second level provides the first level with the second level operational parameters, such that optimizing the operation within the first level and optimizing the operation within the second level are each a function of optimizing a system optimization parameter. The levels can include a railroad infrastructure level 100, a track network level a train level a consist level and a locomotive level." About the Company General Electric Company (GE) is a diversified technology, media and financial services company. The Company's products and services include aircraft engines, power generation, water processing, security technology, medical imaging, business and consumer financing, media content and industrial products. The Company serves customers in more than 100 countries. The Company operates through five segments: Energy Infrastructure, Technology Infrastructure, NBC Universal (NBCU), Capital Finance and Consumer & Industrial.
